F04_P13: Subjugation and Dismemberment of Czechoslovakia, Protectorate Stamps
1939 December 15, Front side - Post card with last-day-of-use cover and protectorate stamps.
White post card (brightness of scan blows out proper appearance of the archive) with printed Czech in black ink as the text and outline. Typed recipient's address printed in black ink is present. Two stamps in the top right corner. One stamp is a brown 10-Haléřů stamp and the other is a red 1=20-Haléřů. At the left side are four 5-Haléřů protectorate stamps. The left edge has handwriting in blue ink. There are three rectangular cancellations present dated 15.XII.39-13 or December 15, 1919. The foundation is promptly working to update this scan.
Name/Title
F04_P13: Subjugation and Dismemberment of Czechoslovakia, Protectorate StampsEntry/Object ID
2007.4.13.aScope and Content
1939 December 15, post card with last-day-of-use cover and protectorate stamps.Context
On March 14 and 15, 1939, Adolf Hitler completed the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia, occupying Bohemia-Moravia and Slovakia, and creating vassal states of both, as Hungary annexed a portion of Carpatho-Ukraine. The Bohemia-Moravia Protectorate became part of Greater Germany. A March 28, 1939, printed matter rate cover of Bratislava is franked with 20-heller and 30-heller provisional overprinted stamps for use in Slovakia. A December 15, 1939, picture post card canceled at Neratovice has a triple mixed franking: a single 10-heller stamp of the former Czechoslovakia, a 20-heller provisional with a Bohemia-Moravia overprint, and a corner margin block of four 5-heller regular Protectorate stamps. Stamps of Czechoslovakia, both with and without the provisional overprints, remained valid as postage in the Protectorate until December 15, 1939. The post card is a last-day-of-use cover for those issues.Collection
Nazi Scourge I: Primary ExhibitionCategory
Post Card
Philatelic Material